Sentences with phrase «holds your interest during»

All these colorful characters, including new Gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee (a slippery Philip Seymour Hoffman), help hold our interest during the slow moments.

Not exact matches

The so - called paradox of thrift, popularized by famed Depression - era economist John Maynard Keynes, holds that during serious economic downturns it may be in each individual's interests to save money and repair his personal balance sheet.

This package was provided to attract Mr. Drexler to the Company and align his interests with long - term stockholder value during a period when J. Crew, as a privately - held company, was experiencing significant underperformance and had a highly leveraged capital structure and limited equity value.

The young investors who are looking to enter the market would likely be cheered by investors, who have long argued that millennials should get over what some have described as an aversion to equities — a byproduct of their coming of age and starting their careers during the worst of the financial crisis — and take advantage of a long - term, buy - and - hold strategy that allows them to benefit from compound interest.

A non-U.S. company will be considered a PFIC for any taxable year if (i) at least 75 % of its gross income is passive income (including interest income), or (ii) at least 50 % of the value of its assets (based on an average of the quarterly values of the assets during a taxable year) is attributable to assets that produce or are held for the production of passive income.

Because we do not expect to earn revenue from our business operations during the current taxable year, and because our sole source of income currently is interest on bank accounts held by us, we believe we will likely be classified as a «passive foreign investment company,» or PFIC, for the current taxable year.

The Bank of Canada (BoC) opted to leave interest rates unchanged during the first quarter, and we think it is likely to remain on hold unless economic weakness and an energy price swoon return.

During the last couple of years, China has held an interesting position when it comes down to regulating cryptocurrencies.

Each of those four banks also have an outsized presence on Wall Street; each of them received taxpayer bailouts during the 2008 crash; each received secret, below - market interest rate loans from the Federal Reserve during the crisis; and three of them (JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Citibank) are currently holding tens of trillions of dollars in derivatives within the insured banking subsidiary — meaning there would be a forced taxpayer bailout if the derivatives blew up the bank.

Holding an individual bond to maturity will result in the return of principal (assuming the bond issuer doesn't default), but those nominal dollars will be worth less with inflation and during periods of higher interest rates.

During the 1950s there were only six Indian restaurants in all of England, but curry still held the interest of English cooks.

The 49ers already showed their interest in him by spending extra time with him during a Pro Day held in Texas a few weeks back.

The north London side could well do with a strong tackling midfield presence with neither Mikel Arteta or Mathieu Flamini consistently impressing in either a holding or out and out defensive midfield roles and having taken a shine to Wanyama during his time at Celtic Wenger is now ready to re-ignite his interest in the 23 year old.

Arsene Wenger has reiterated his desire to keep hold of Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere during the summer transfer window, despite the reported interest of Premier League rivals Manchester City.

Interest in point guard Rajon Rondo has begun to ramp up again, but Boston Celtics president Danny Ainge will do nothing but hold his tongue, as evidenced during a Thursday morning interview with CBS Sports Radio's Toucher and Rich.

Should Holding join the Clarets on loan, it'll be interesting to see how the young Englishman progress during his time under Sean Dyche.

Some parents sing to a baby, hang mobiles over the changing area, or give her a new and interesting object during changing time to hold her attention.

Other Ministers during the course of this parliament, notably Iain Duncan Smith, Michael Gove and Andrew Landsley, have shown themselves to be deeply engaged with the portfolios that they have held (welfare, education and health respectively), while it is hard to detect a comparable passion in Cameron (although Steve Richards, in the article linked to above, suggests that foreign policy is his special interest).

But sources say the strongest potential candidate is the one guy who has ruled it out publicly, and that is Brooklyn Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a former assemblyman who told Errol Louis during an «Inside City Hall» interview on Aug. 5th: «I've got no interest in running for mayor or holding any other job other than the one I have now.»

During his campaign to become New York City's mayor, Bill de Blasio held himself out as a champion of the average New Yorker who would diminish the clout of big business interests at City Hall.

During an investigation of «Troopergate,» he appeared to be most interested in holding back the staff's personal e-mails from investigators.

The Bronx pol managed to receive his per diems — payments for each day spent in Albany — despite missing 173 votes last year, about 15 % of the total votes held during the year, according to the New York Public Interest Research Group.

The National Chairman of the Party, Uche Secondus, during the PDP National discourse held today in Abuja under the theme «Nation Building: Resetting the Agenda,» called on Nigerians to rescue the nation by voting in a transparent government that will serve the people's interest.

The public interest is poorly served by a law that makes it easier for unions to hold out against any effort to change costly, outdated contract provisions during a period of intense fiscal and economic stress.

The New York Public Interest Research Group totaled up the number of fundraisers held near the Capitol during the 2017 session.

During her short leadership campaign, Leadsom pledged to hold a vote on bringing back foxhunting, saying it was «absolutely not proven to be in the interest of animal welfare whatsoever».

The survey results supported this idea by highlighting an interesting trend (one that that held true for every country involved): the percentage of people who say that they love rugby rises during major international tournaments.

Neither is an all - timer, but the performances are strong — in particular, Donald Sutherland as the eldest Getty, and Brendan Fraser as a cowboy - styled fixer named Fletcher Chase — and there are enough momentary fascinations to hold the viewer's interest during slack sections.

They already talked a bit about alternate endings for The Last of Us during the Reddit AMA (major spoilers, lots of interesting info) held last week, but both Bruce Straley and Neil Druckmann will be going even further in - depth about them at PAX Prime in Seattle.

She is ten years Cage's senior, but simply one of a number of older onscreen love interests (including Cher and Holly Hunter) he held during this era as he looked older than he was (and not terribly younger than he does now at 49).

During the next few weeks, and all the way to late July, the Nintendo 3DS is getting a rather steady stream of key releases: it will be interesting to see how it's going to hold.

Individuals interested in seeking National Board Certification must have earned a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution, have completed three years of full - time teaching or school counseling experience and have held a valid state license without deficiencies (not an interim or emergency license) during the three years of employment, possess a valid five - year Virginia license, and be employed as a public school teacher or school counselor in a Virginia public school.

Meetings are held regularly at which members learn about topics of interest to them, such as the Common Core State Standards, the PARCC Assessment, Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS), Early Childhood Education, and other topics that are voted upon during each meeting for future meeting presentations.

Summit Denali also includes a hallmark of Summit's model: an eight - week Expeditions program (held during intervals throughout the school year) that gives students the opportunity to engage in a course, internship, or project that explores areas of interest or passion as well as investigate potential careers.

«The number of dealers attending the SEMA Show continues to grow each year, and during the past two years that we've held a dedicated Dealer Day Conference, we've seen more and more participants express a real interest in incorporating an accessories program into their businesses,» Kersting said.

Lightweight and easy to hold; Interesting Beyond the Book feature; Minimal flickering during page turns; Expandable memory

It was interesting how Audrey held my hand during this time.

If interest rates rise or fall during the time you're holding a bond investment, it can have a big effect on the bond's market value.

However, if you choose to carry a balance, you'll only pay interest on the new balance and not the balance you held during the intro period.

Did You Know: The colors of Mardi Gras, which is held in New Orleans every year right before the Catholic fast during Lent, don't just make an interesting combination.

When you have a CD, you deposit the money and the bank holds onto it for a term (a predetermined period of time), during which it earns interest.

An account in which funds are held so that they can be applied as part of the monthly mortgage payment as each payment comes due during the period that an interest rate buydown plan is in effect.

Try making that 18 years, and you get an idea of how painful it can be to hold long - term bonds during a period of rising interest rates when new bonds are being issued with higher coupon rates.

There is a danger in just looking at the last three years, of course, as interest rates have been held low during the period.»

Payments that you make during the first few years of holding a mortgage should primarily go toward paying the interest on the loan.

During the monetary policy meeting held last week, the Bank of England decided to leave the interest rates unchanged at 0.25 %, and maintain the prevailing level of asset purchases.

During this low rate environment the interest rate paid out by many senior loans has been held to minimums or «floors».

For example, if you make a number of trades on the U.S. market during the day but don't hold any of the positions overnight, you would likely not incur interest (margin costs).

During these periods when payments are on hold, borrowers with an unsubsidized student loan are responsible for the interest that accumulates on their principal balance.

Previously, we held a non-operating working interest in approximately 37 oil wells in the East Poplar Field, Roosevelt County, Montana which contributed only nominally (if at all) to our positive cash flow and profitability, and during much of the latter half of calendar 2008 resulted in operating losses.